Mop



T. FINSTAD Aug. 19, 1930.

MOP

Filed Aug. 1e. 1928 726g j/Zbgfiad Patented Aug. 19, 1930 UNITED STATES THEA FINs'rAD, on MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA MOP Application led August 16, 1928.

My invention providesan improved mop adapted forv general use but of particular design and especially adapted for use in connection with the mop pail with the funnellike wringing device disclosed and claimed in a companion application, led by me of even date herewith and entitled Mop pail with wring attachment, #1,722,130 patd July This improved mop is of such design that the mop swab or rag, especially those of the cord type, may be readily replaced from time to time while maintaining the mop handle and head for continued use. v Generally stated, the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangementofl parts hereinafter described and dened in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate the improved mop structure:

y Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the complete mop with a portion ofthe handle broken away; i

Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1,

but showing the parts on a larger scale and with some of the parts in section;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mop head; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 3; and

device showing the same as it appears after having been stamped out, and before its anchoring prongs or grapples have been bent.

The mop handle or stick 6 is of an ordinary Y wooden structure. The mop head, which is a cast metal structure, comprises a cylindrical socket 7 having at its lower end an outstanding annular flange 8. The interior of the socket 7 is formed with sharp-edged longitudinal ribs 9 that willcut into the bar 6 and securely hold the same within the socket 7. The flange 8, at diametrically opposite points, is provided with anchor-receiving perforations 10. The above described parts constitute the permanent part of the complete mop.

The numeral 1l indicates a lat sheet metal anchor, the body of which is of disc-like form and of approximately the diameter of the flange 8 of the mop head. This disc-like body 11 has long outstanding bars or arms 12 and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the mop anchoring serial No. 299,992.

the central portion of said disc 11 is slity to form anchoring barbs or portions 13. When the disc-like body 11 is placed against the flat bottom of the flange 8 and the prongs 13 are turned upward and passed through the perforations 10, Y said prongs can then be bent over the outer portion of the flange 8, as shown in Fig. 2, and thereby securely fasten the anchor 1l yto the mop head. Y

The mop swab, which, as shown and preferably is of the cord type, is indicated by the numeral 14. When the group of cords 14 is dividedinto four parts and placed over the prongs 12 and the said prongs 12 are then bent inward and upward, againstthe disclilre body 11, as shown in Fig. 2, the cordlike mop swab will then be very securely attached to the mop head. When the mop swab is worn out, a new mop swab may be readily substituted. Sometimes this can be done by unbending and then rebending the prongs 12 without removing the anchor 11 from the mop head. Also the mop swab can be assem-` bled and secured to the disc-like body 1l and sold as an entirety, ready for application to the mop head simply by the proper insertion and bending of the 'anchoring prongs 13.

The mop described is a desirable and highly elficient mop for general use, but its head being round and of small diameter, especially adapts the mop for use in connection with the wringing device of the mop pail disclosed and claimed in the patent above identified. What I claim is: The combination with a mop stick, of a mop head having a cylindrical socket provided'at one end with an outstanding flange forming an extended substantially flat surface, said ange having diametrically opposite passages, a circular plate having diametrically opposite projections extended upward through said passages and peripherally disposed extending arms bent downward and inward, and a mop swab held against said plate by said arms.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

TI-IEA FINSTAD. 

